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Former Planned Parenthood prez calls new Ireland abortion law ‘thrilling’

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Former Planned Parenthood prez calls new Ireland abortion law ‘thrilling’

On December 20th, Irish President Michael Higgins has signed a law making abortion legal in Ireland up to 12 weeks without restrictions. Minister for Health Simon Harris placed a rush on the country to prepare for abortions to be committed January 1st. A three-day waiting period was written into the law, as was a plan to review the law in three years. No conscience protections and no restrictions on abortions for reasons of sex or disability (or anything else) survived the legislative chamber.

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One year to the day since the Oireachtas Committee reported, President Higgins has signed the Termination of Pregnancy Bill into law. Historic day.

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Tar éis dó a mhachnamh a dhéanamh ar An Bille Sláinte (FoirceannadhToirchis a Rialáil), 2018 tá an tUachtarán tar éis a lámh a chur leis agus dá réir sin tá é ina dhlí.

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In response to the news, former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards tweeted an article about the “sheer joy” of taxpayer-funded abortions now available in Ireland.

Earlier this year, Richards greeted news of the repeal of the constitutional rights of the unborn in a similar manner:

Richards’ rhetoric represents a stunning disconnect with the grave reality of abortion. Planned Parenthood’s own studies indicate one in three women are coerced into abortion, usually by the males in their lives. A 2016 Guttmacher Institute report indicates that most women who seek abortions cite financial hardship and excessive existing obligations as the primary reason behind their decisions — hardly something to be “thrilled” about.

READ: WATCH: People of Ireland shocked by details of new abortion bill

The Ireland Family Planning Association has confirmed it will begin providing ‘free’ (government funded) abortions starting January 7, 2019.

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